Title work is done so it's time to go to work.

[Rollaround]

Looks great. I'm a big POR15 fan.  As you say, it flows out so niceley and the finish is almost bulletproof. 

[cwmcobra]

Nice work.  Almost ready to start reassembly of the chassis?

Chuck

[EZ Cool]

I've gotten all of the front and rear control arms sandblasted and painted, new bushings and ball joints installed and will be starting assembly of the chassis in a few days. Still need to purchase a disc brake kit but I'll probably put the drum spindles on for now to make it a roller.

[elagache]

Dear EZ Cool, Jim, Kevin, Chuck, and mid-60s Buick lovers of nice and shiny!

I painted the frame with POR-15 today. It always amazes me how well POR-15 brushes on and flows out and one quart will do an entire frame.

Sorry I never did get back to this post.  Thanks for sharing your experiences POR-15.  I have a starter kit, but I haven't found a suitable piece to give it a try on.

Cheers, Edouard

[EZ Cool]

I bought a disc brake conversion kit at the Decatur swap meet, got it installed along with new fuel and brake lines. Installed all new control arm bushings ball joints and steering components. Put all new seals and gaskets in the rear axle and installed it today. Now its time to get started on the body.

[35chevcoupe]

Looking good ,
your gonna beat me , Dan and Kevin to the finish line at this rate .  Who knows you might even catch Chuck .
Keep up the good work .

[elagache]

Dear EZ Cool, John and mid-60s Buick restorers,

I bought a disc brake conversion kit at the Decatur swap meet, got it installed along with new fuel and brake lines. Installed all new control arm bushings ball joints and steering components. Put all new seals and gaskets in the rear axle and installed it today. Now its time to get started on the body.

Definitely good progress - keep it up! 

Cheers, Edouard 

[EZ Cool]

I got the body blasted down to bare metal and a coat of primer on it. No collision damage at all just some dings here and there. Got some rust on the lower rear quarters and some swiss cheese on the floors. Borrowed a rotisserie from a buddy and now the metal work starts.

[GS66]

Looks like it's pretty solid!

[elagache]

Dear EZ Cool, Jim, and mid-60s Buick caregivers,

I got the body blasted down to bare metal and a coat of primer on it. No collision damage at all just some dings here and there. Got some rust on the lower rear quarters and some swiss cheese on the floors. Borrowed a rotisserie from a buddy and now the metal work starts.

Indeed that's great shape for cars of this age!  I don't think there are many cars that haven't been a collision anymore.  There is so much more traffic and people depend on cars so much more these days.  You've got something of a "barn find."

Cheers, Edouard

[35chevcoupe]

EZ Cool ,     your moving right along there . Your car looks to be very close to the same shape mine is in .  Hows your trunk floor ?  They don,t reproduce much as far as body panels for these so I,ll be curious as to how you fix the quarter panels .
I started working on my trunk floor last week and hope to get it installed this week .
Good luck and keep up the good work .

[EZ Cool]

EZ Cool ,     your moving right along there . Your car looks to be very close to the same shape mine is in .  Hows your trunk floor ?  They don,t reproduce much as far as body panels for these so I,ll be curious as to how you fix the quarter panels .
I started working on my trunk floor last week and hope to get it installed this week .
Good luck and keep up the good work .

Trunk floor is swiss cheese. I have found some rear quarter patch panels. Not sure of the quality but it may be all thats available.  http://alfaparts.net/sky.htm

[Loren At 65GS]

Michael,

  The panels you have the link to are all that is out there. As has been mentioned in previous threads, they work, but are not totally correct. Primarily the lower curved area. It should have a slight belly to the bottom line.  The replacement panel is too straight.

 Loren

[EZ Cool]

EZ Cool ,     your moving right along there . Your car looks to be very close to the same shape mine is in .  Hows your trunk floor ?  They don,t reproduce much as far as body panels for these so I,ll be curious as to how you fix the quarter panels .
I started working on my trunk floor last week and hope to get it installed this week .
Good luck and keep up the good work .

Is it best to get the 7 piece trunk floor kit or just replace the whole trunk floor? What problems are associated with doing the whole floor?

[35chevcoupe]

EZ Cool ,
Theres pros and cons both ways . If you do a one piece the problem is getting it back in there . (1st option)  To get it in there you pretty much need to take the rear tail light panel out  . once you get into it you'll see in the back the trunk pan is kind of sandwiched between the tail light panel and the trunk pan drop downs and theres just no way to get it up in there without removing the rear panel .
 ( 2nd option ) Now I can't say for sure this will work because I,m right in the middle of doing mine , but the lower part of my right side wheel well needed repair and so did my right side trunk pan drop down panel . So i removed the drop down and cut about an 1 1/2 of the wheel well ( the rusty part ) off and made a new piece to weld in AFTER I put the trunk pan back in .  ( theres photos in my restoration thread ) I,m going to try and slide mine in from the side .
I,ll be putting mine up in there either friday or saturday , I,ll post how it went .
The 7 piece will be way easier to put in but your going have to do a lot of measuring to make sure it will bolt back onto the frame holes .
All this will also depend on who you get the trunk pan from also . I used the one piece from Tamraz and so far ( knock on wood )  it measures up great .
I know Rollaround used the 7 piece from Tamraz . maybe he has some tips .
I know theres a few other guys on here that have done them also .